Henschel Hs P.135 (Work in Progress)

[gray]

Some added work to the wings in the form of camo paint job. I feather the edges of all the shapes to soften them up a little. The camo are linear fills. To give the wings a little texture I use the transparency tool with a layer of fractal cloud and a layer of fractal plasma. All surfaces have a texture to them. Both layers are adjusted to high transparency. Next will be the fuselage camo and texturing, done the same way.

[ernie-f]

Some added work to the wings in the form of camo paint job. I feather the edges of all the shapes to soften them up a little. The camo are linear fills. To give the wings a little texture I use the transparency tool with a layer of fractal cloud and a layer of fractal plasma. All surfaces have a texture to them. Both layers are adjusted to high transparency. Next will be the fuselage camo and texturing, done the same way.

Gary that's great! Thanks for sharing Your steps. I draw my watches after I took a photo of them and then all the little thinks I draw as vector on many lyears too.

Cheers.

[gray]

Thanks, ernie-f. Yes indeed, layers are my friend.
A little more work on the camo and detailing. All the shapes are feathered and linear filled. Still have to add texture to the fuselage with the transparent tool, just like the wings. More paint work is also required to match the type of camo it is. Since this aircraft was never built, you do get some leeway in details.

[gwpriester]

Great to see the progress. A master class.

[gray]

Thanks Gary, getting there slowly.
Some more progress on details. The air force marking on the fuselage and wings are drawn, then the mould tool is used to get them to match the surface shape.
I will then finish off the background by transferring the background (PNG File) to a paint program in layers. I won't show those steps since they are not vector. After I finish the background in a paint program I will transfer it back to Xara. I'll post as each step is completed.

[gray]

Been busy but had time to get a little more work done. More shapes drawn for the plane. Use a slight feather and transparency on each new shape. I'll post as I add more to this illustration.

[gwpriester]

Looking excellent. It would be awesome to see a slide show with fades to see the progress from start to finish.

[wizard509]

Looking fantastic Gray, I love seeing how you go about this love the camo paint job. The only part that bothers me is the landmass that looks like it's touching the wing, That kinds gives a false impression of aa model plane mounted on a stand.

[gray]

Thanks, Larry. Still quite a bit of work to do on the landscape. I'll see what it looks like as it progresses. It's supposed to rain later in the week, I'll get back at it then. At the moment I'm enjoying being out in the sun. Good thing no one has to pay me for my time now. I wouldn't make it 10 minutes before I was fired.

[gray]

Made a couple of changes on the plane (it's getting close to complete). Been doing a little more work on the background. The background is just as important if not more important and usually takes much longer to do than does the main subject. Another week of spare time should finish this little WIP project.